Monthly Archives: April 2014

Iceberg is twice the size of Atlanta A massive iceberg with an area almost twice the size of Atlanta is moving into the ocean off Antarctica and could threaten shipping during the Antarctic winter, scientists say. The ice island, known … Continue reading →

Jewish scholar lectures on ‘How Islam Saved the Jews,’ at UAB on April 24: David J. Wasserstein, a professor of Jewish History at Vanderbilt University, will lecture on “How Islam Saved the Jews” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 24, … Continue reading →

Religion News Service — Ask Jalon Fowler, a 38-year-old IT specialist for John Hancock Financial Services, what advice she would give to two Muslim friends who will each be running their first Boston Marathon, and this Muslim convert is happy … Continue reading →

NYPD’s Failed Muslim Surveillance Program in NY Muslim Profiling in NY On Tuesday, the NYPD announced it would dismantle its Demographics Unit, the controversial squad of plainclothes officers tasked with monitoring and gathering intelligence in New York’s Muslim neighborhoods. The … Continue reading →

KKK April 15, 2014 This weekend, three people were killed in violent incidents outside Kansas City. From the earliest reports, the killings bore all the hallmarks of a terrorist attack. There is still no consensus over the definition, but terrorism … Continue reading →

Image: Frazier Glenn Miller – Killer of 3 Orthodox in two Jewish Sites in Kansas City (Overland Park, KS) on April 13, 2014 Frazier Glenn Miller, the man held in connection with the slaying of three at two Jewish sites … Continue reading →

Conservative media have rallied behind Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a political activist known for her toxic anti-Islam rhetoric after Brandeis University cancelled plans to grant her an honorary degree. Right-wing media have painted Hirsi Ali as a champion for women’s rights, … Continue reading →